PBV is a Japan-based non-profit organization specializing in disaster relief and disaster risk reduction training.



Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV) is a Japan-based NGO working to assist disaster-affected people and strengthen the disaster resilience of communities in Japan and around the world.

PBV believes that, above all else, people are the key to reducing disaster risk, building resilience and minimizing the impacts of disasters.

PBV mainly works on the following two areas:

- Domestic and international disaster relief
- Disaster risk reduction training programs

**Ongoing Projects** 

- Ishikawa Noto Earthquake Emergency Response, Japan, 2024
- Taiwan Hualien Earthquake Emergency Response, Taiwan, 2024
- Turkey Syria Earthquake Response, Turkiye, 2023 - present
- Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine, Ukraine/ Romania, 2022 - present

**Background**

Peace Boat Disaster Relief (PBV) was founded in 2011 by its sister organization, NGO Peace Boat. PBV inherited the philosophy, “disaster relief beyond borders contributes to the creation of regional and global peace” and the experiences of NGO Peace Boat which had engaged in disaster relief efforts in Japan and overseas since the Great Hanshin Awaji Earthquake in 1995. PBV has carried out diverse relief projects in 70 communities across Japan and 26 countries since its foundation.

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